EP 152: Growing Female Leadership in the Workplace with Guest & HR Expert, Jennifer McClure

The Bridge to Fulfillment

Change doesn’t happen on its own. It requires taking responsibility for your circumstances and doing the deeper work to understand your values and what’s really important to you in your life and career.

Today, Blake welcomes Jennifer McClure, an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and high-performance coach who works with leaders to leverage their influence, increase their impact, and accelerate results. Jennifer has decades of leadership and executive experience inspiring and motivating others to take action through building careers they love and lives that matter.

You’ll hear about her rise to the top at a time when she was often the only female in a leadership role and the challenges she faced along the way. The wisdom and experience she shares is a lesson in personal responsibility, offering a powerful reminder that you are capable of taking ownership over your career choices.

The power to create the change you want in your life is in your hands.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why Jennifer choose to lead from Human Resources (6:00)
• The multifaceted challenges that women face today in their careers (9:27)
• Why your life and career choices are your responsibility (15:30)
• Asking the deep questions to really know if a job is the right fit for you (23:28)
• The consequences of staying comfortable in a job that isn’t right for you (27:25)
• A question to ask yourself now if you’re feeling stuck in your career (30:59)

Favorite Quotes:

1. I think we're at the beginning places of a real tide change in terms of corporate America, and bringing humanity back to corporate America in ways that I think it hasn't existed for decades. -Blake
2. It's the right way for leaders to be thinking about both having a place that is successful or an organization that is successful and hitting our goals, but also finding ways for employees to win at work and succeed at life, too. -Jennifer
3. Life is about personal responsibility, but we tend to blame other people when we're not successful. -Jennifer
4. Your circumstances are such a small piece of the puzzle. Truly showing up in leadership is showing up knowing that you have the power to create change, understanding what that change is that you want to create, and then being able to influence others to bring that to fruition. -Blake

Connect with Jennifer:

http://jennifermcclure.net

http://disrupthr.co

Download her free Personal Brand Development Workbook designed to help you build your brand and increase your impact by going to https://jennifermcclure.net/PBWorkbook

Additional Resources:

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